Pinkalious Back to School Party

Amelia's friend Kendall hosted a back to school 1/2 slumber party for all her girlfriends that were starting Kindergarten. The party started at 6pm and ended at 10pm and all the girls went in their PJ's. It was an awesome party. The girls painted their nails, made pillow cases and signed their names on each one, watched a movie and played dress up. It was a great way to start the new school year!

Birthdays! Birthdays and more Birthdays!

August is a month filled with birthdays. We have had a party to go to every weekend in August. We started the month out with Diego's 2nd Birthday Party at Shady Oaks Ranch. That place was so much fun! It had rides, miniature golf, a train and a pinata. We loved it!

Next Cousin Daniel's had his 3rd Birthday Party at Steubing Ranch Park. It was a lot of fun with the playground and the pinata.

Finally it was my 36th birthday. We had cake at home with Nana and then dinner at Fudruckers. We love celebrating birthdays with our wonderful family and friends.

Amelia's Lemonade Stand

One evening we were sitting at home and the idea to set up a lemonade stand popped into Amelia's mind. So we planned to set one up the following day. Amelia made signs and decided she wanted to give her lemonade away for free. She was very excited about it.

Frank's co-worker Brian offered us the use of his driveway because he gets more traffic by his house then we do. Amelia set up for business at 4:30 (I could not hold her off any longer then that). She set up her table, lemonade and signs and screamed at every car that drove by "Free lemonade, get your free lemonade". Brian set up a tip jar for her and she made $14 in tips. We gave away lemonade from 4:30-6:30 and I thought I was going to die from a heat stroke. It was worth it though, she had a great time! Amelia and Elliott slept well that night!

Quijano Family Beach Trip

During the 1st weekend of August we went to Tortuga Dunes on Mustang Island with Grandma Rosie, Grandpa, Uncle Eric, Aunt Kristina and Cousin Daniel and Noah. We also met our friends there. The first night we were there we had a great dinner with Amelia's friends. The kids had a blast dancing to the house band.

The next day we hit the beach. We spent the whole day there. The kids pretended to fish and play in the sand and water and look for crabs. Elliott's favorite thing to do was dig a whole in the sand and fill it with water and swim in the swimming pool. He had a whole ocean to play in and he chose to play in a small whole filled with water. That's Elliott for you!

We had a wonderful time and hope to make this a family trip every year.